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Charter Review Commission votes to send three charter amendments to city council
Summary
The Stow Charter Review Commission voted to forward three proposed charter changes — on commission composition, acting-mayor succession and public notice — to the city council for committee review and potential placement on the ballot.
The Stow Charter Review Commission voted at its meeting to forward three proposed amendments to the city charter to the city council for committee review and possible placement on the ballot. The three proposals concern the timing and composition of the Charter Review Commission (section 20.01), clarification of acting-mayor procedures (section 3.06) and a change to public notice language (section 4.12).
The recommendations are aimed at clarifying appointment timing for the charter review panel, spelling out who serves as acting mayor when the mayor is unavailable, and updating how the city may deliver public notices electronically. Commission members said the changes are intended to reduce ambiguity in interpretation and to modernize notice practices while preserving legal notice requirements.
On section 20.01, the commission endorsed…
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